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Roth, Joseph; Hofmann, Michael (translation) The Tale of the 1002nd Night
St Martins Pr 1998 0312193416 / 9780312193416 First American Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Like-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $23.95. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 265 pages. - Vienna of the late nineteenth century, with its contrasting images of pomp and profound melancholy, provides the backdrop for Joseph Roth's final novel, which he completed in exile, a few years before his tragic death in 1939. This brilliant, allegorical tale of seduction and personal and societal ruin, set amidst exquisite, wistful descriptions of a waning aristocratic age, provides an essential link to our understanding of Roth's extraordinary fictive powers.
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